Reviews

Tales of Heresy by Nick Kyme, Lindsey Priestley

fastasashark's review against another edition

4.0

Blood Games 4.25/5
Wolf at the Door 4.25/5
Scions of the Storm 3.75/5
The Voice 3.5/5
Call of the Lion 4/5
The Last Church 4.5/5
After Desh'ea 4.24/5

A very good collection of stories taking place across different times, mostly relating to hints of heresy, cracks in the Imperium or history/backstories. Some taking place during the spread of heresy as more corners of the Imperium are hearing news or are about to hear news about Horus. Others take place in earlier days of corruption before Horus' betrayal, while others still take place in the very early days of the Imperium.

The stories give more info and/or backstory on the Sisters of Silence, Custodes, Space Wolves, Word Bearers, World Eaters, Dark Angels, the Emperor and culture of Terra.

thewargrave's review against another edition

adventurous dark sad tense fast-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? A mix
• Strong character development? No
• Loveable characters? No
• Diverse cast of characters? Yes
• Flaws of characters a main focus? It's complicated

3.75

cutlassmeatmouth's review

4.0

Modern Warhammer short stories tend to be better than long-form. These were all pretty good

itcamefromthepage's review against another edition

adventurous challenging dark informative reflective relaxing fast-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? Character
• Strong character development? Yes
• Loveable characters? Yes
• Diverse cast of characters? Yes
• Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes

4.25

The last two shorts in this one are true all timers.

Does a very good job at ensuring that there is no mistake about the Crusade being rotten to the core from the very beginning. 

nraptor's review against another edition

fast-paced

3.5

wouter_dhondt's review

3.0

Blood Games (****) ->

Spoiler

custodes breaking in the palace in terra to test defences. later on infiltrating a place in brazil and discovering a double-spy.

Wolf at the Door (***) ->

Spoiler

old space wolves going to a planet to bring it into compliance but dark eldar are raiding the planet every x years. save the planet but end up exterminating everyone anyway because the do not want to join the imperium.

Scions of the Storm (***) ->

Spoiler

word bearers exterminate a world instead of bringing them into compliance though/because the people believed in the god-emperor. Lots of bolter porn.

The Voice (****) ->

Spoiler

sisters of silence (including a novitiate) investigate a black ship that disappeared in the warp. Psykers onboard formed one abomination that turned out to be the novitiate from the future with a warning. The others sisters kill her.

Call of the Lion (**) ->

Spoiler

dark angels argueing if they should destroy a solar system (caladan DA) or bring them in compliance peacefully (terran DA). Boring drab.

The Last Church (*****) ->

Spoiler

emperor visits the last church on terra and debates religion with the priest before burning the place down

After Desh'ea (**) ->

Spoiler

Khârn meeting Angron for the first time. Angron angry. Angron beat chest. Angron punch, murder, death, kill. (Me yawn. Me fall asleep. Angron is so fucking one-dimensional and the most boring primarch.)

revolution666's review

adventurous dark tense medium-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? A mix
• Strong character development? Yes
• Loveable characters? It's complicated
• Diverse cast of characters? It's complicated
• Flaws of characters a main focus? No

3.5

jackb's review against another edition

3.0

A mixed bag of short stories. The front end of the collection I wasn't keen on. The silent sisters story was cool. The last church was possibly some of the best writing in the series, and the final story with origin of the world eaters was good too.

slathran's review against another edition

adventurous dark tense fast-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? Plot
• Strong character development? No
• Loveable characters? Yes
• Diverse cast of characters? No
• Flaws of characters a main focus? No

4.25

dkrael's review against another edition

dark mysterious sad tense fast-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? A mix
• Strong character development? No
• Loveable characters? It's complicated
• Diverse cast of characters? Yes
• Flaws of characters a main focus? It's complicated

3.0